World Shotgun Championships: Indian men’s trap team grab fourth place in qualification rounds

Indian men’s trap team, including Kynan Chenai, raised hopes of a medal after they grabbed the fourth place in the qualification rounds on the opening day of the ISSF World Shotgun Championship in Moscow.

Chenai, fresh from an Asian Championship Bronze last month, shot 49 while Zoravar Sandhu and Birendeep Sodhi also shot scores of 47 and 46 respectively out of 50, to take India to fourth in the Team competition, a point behind second and third placed Croatia and Kuwait respectively.

Semi-finalists and final team standings will be determined after three more rounds or 125 shots tomorrow.

Finals are on Sunday.

At the Fox Lodge shooting range, Chenai had two rounds of 25 and 24 to be placed 15th on count-back, but replication of today’s form could see him earn a top six berth, which would be the first step towards a medal for the close to 150 Trap shooters in the fray.

In women’s Trap, Rajeshwari Kumari was the best placed Indian with a score of 45 putting her in 22nd place. Shreyasi Singh was in 41st place with 42 while Seema Tomar was 54th with 40.

The Junior Women’s Trap team actually scored over their seniors, when Saumya Gupta shot 45 to finish …read more